[BlackKnight-662: Wade] One has to be thankful for the moments of peace and quiet, specially when you are out there, patrolling around the fleet. However, one can also says that nothing lasts, and this is no different from that. It starts as it always starts, only that this time, there are more birds in the air…or…space. Two distinctive flashes of silver are what states that, the bad guys are hear. Two Cylon Raiders appear and they advance towards the CAPs already out there. Both of them have the marks that everyone is used to see by now.

[Harrier-303: Evandreus] CAP is go, and the cabin of Harrier-303 is being treated to a dancable beat and some catchy lyrics, a sort of quick-paced club song of the boy-meets-girl-and-rubs-his-crotch-on-her variety. Evan, for his part, isn't too shy to join in with what he knows of the lyrics, before— "Oh, crap." There's a Raider veering up hard on the flank of his vessel. "Shakes, Shakes, send up the suites!" he calls back to the backseat.

[Harrier-303: Solstice] CAP again and just after getting things reset with her console after 303 took it's hits with her and the CAG inside. Her DRADIS is showing the blips that they spotted moments before. "Still only two, Bunny." Intones Shakes. She begins to set up the scrambling frequency. As her fingers warm up the ECO station she sets it out and redirects the field towards the Raiders. "I am on it, just keep us flying." He's a little more loud than Toast, but she can deal.

[TAC3] "Drips" Wade says, "Sunspot, Drips. Alright, let's form up and provide some help to these guys, it'll takes us a bit to get there. On my six and be careful out there. Flight, we are coming to assist."

[BlackKnight-1117: Malone] Seeing the Raider coming for their side of the CAP, Malone frowns as it seems to be following him. Nodding a bit at the words over the comm, while glancing out of the Viper, he starts shaking the plane a little, glancing towards the Raider once more. "Come and get it…"

[BlackKnight-312: Devlin] Devlin might have hoped for a peaceful CAP rotation tonight, but he doesn't seem surprised when his wish fails to come true. The trajectory followed for patrol is aborted and he follows Khloe's lead into action instead, heading to fend off the incoming attacks on the Raptor as it (hopefully) readies its jamming action.

[TAC3] "Splash" Malone says, "Bubbles, Splash. Trying to keep his attention, for now. Appreciate whatever you can do to take him out back there…"

[BlackKnight-311: Psyche] The speeds at which they're all moving, it only takes an instant of decreased throttle for Bubbles to drop from leader to follower in her section. Almost instantly, her engines flare bright again, slingshotting her forward in pursuit of the raider chasing her wingman.

[BlackKnight-662: Wade] Wade was waiting with all the Alert pilots, and when the call was made, he jumped in his beloved 662 and gave the thumbs up to the LSO. As soon as he is out there, he seeks Helia to form a wing with her.

[Harrier-307: Bran] CAP. At least this time Bran and Classy are already out rather than being called into action; the ECO won't be caught half-shaven this time around. While Classy is pulling their bus in closer to the others Bran is calling out, "Spooling up the suites, let's give Bunny some good coverage, eh?"

[BlackKnight-853: Khloe] Zipping to intercept the two bogies goes Poppy's Viper with Decoy hot on her six. The still-singed Knights SL seems unwilling to let her burns heal properly, and has been doing CAP just like everyone else. It can't be comfortable for her in a chafing flight suit, but she'd be the last person to complain.

[BlackKnight-1118: Helia] When the call was made for Alert pilots, Helia quite cheerfully jumped her 1118, ready and willing to offer as much assistance as she can. She quickly finds Wade, forming a wing with im.

<COMBAT> Triggering new turn.
<COMBAT> Wade passes.
<COMBAT> Raider2 attacks Malone with KEW - Light wound to Body (Reduced by Armor).
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider1 with ECM. <successful>
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider2 with ECM. <successful>
<COMBAT> Psyche attacks Raider2 with KEW - Critical wound to Cockpit.
<COMBAT> CREW HIT! Raider2 - Moderate wound to Right Foot.
<COMBAT> CREW HIT! Raider2 - Moderate wound to Neck.
<COMBAT> CREW HIT! Raider2 - Moderate wound to Left Leg.
<COMBAT> Khloe attacks Raider1 with KEW - Moderate wound to Left Wing.
<COMBAT> Devlin attacks Raider1 with KEW - Moderate wound to Right Wing.
<COMBAT> Raider1 attacks Evandreus with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Malone passes.
<COMBAT> Helia passes.
<COMBAT> Evandreus passes.
<COMBAT> Classy passes.
<COMBAT> Bran suppresses Raider1 with ECM. <unsuccessful>
<COMBAT> Bran suppresses Raider2 with ECM. <successful>
<COMBAT> Wade has started a new turn. Pose and choose your action.
<COMBAT> Raider-3215j has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Raider1 has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Raider-7721p has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Raider2 has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Raider3 has joined the combat as a Pilot in Raider-4080L on team 2. (Wade)
<COMBAT> Raider4 has joined the combat as a Pilot in Raider-4286R on team 2. (Wade)
<COMBAT> Raider5 has joined the combat as a Pilot in Raider-6493Y on team 2. (Wade)
<COMBAT> Raider6 has joined the combat as a Pilot in Raider-5398D on team 2. (Wade)

[Harrier-303: Solstice] Bunny's singing is something that draws her gaze away from the station, "Hey Buns, can you fly and sing - I sure hope so." The music itself is like a migraine and she watches on blip leave the DRADIS screen, "One raider gone, the one following us is still up.." She says and watches as four more span into view. "Bunny, we got company. Four more." She says, "Keep it light." She intones, having to raise her voice to be heard over the club like music. She sighs, resetting the suite to try to sweep all of them. "Classy and Pens have company…" She says, letting lose the jamming signal without hesitation.

[BlackKnight-662: Wade] And it seems that the Air-Wing group if is on fire at this moment because those two first Raiders? They all explode into a mix of debris, guts and blood. But, true to their strategy, there are 4 new Cylon Raiders that appear in the mix, 4 distinctive flashes of light that signal their arrival, and the usual marks that these groups of Raiders portray. And they don't look Happy. Classy's Raptor gets two after it and then the flying Devlin's get some company.

[Harrier-303: Evandreus] Evan has, to his credit, stopped crooning by the time the bogey's knocked straight off of his flank, and he lets out a tensely held breath, "Heh," he breathes, working the consoles to peel them from their CAP route and pull the fighting further from the proximity of the vessel. "Almost gave me a heart attack." It's still racing, of course. But that first moment of insta-transition from peace to war is a rough one.

[TAC3] "Decoy" Devlin says, "Poppy, Decoy. Copy that, I see him. Going to try to draw him into your path and give Classy some support while I do. Bunny, welcome. Just doing our job. What the hell are you listening to in there?"

[BlackKnight-311: Psyche] Psyche WHOOPS and cackles evilly as her KEWs cut down a raider, reducing the semi-organic monstrosity to a brief, brilliant explosion, quickly extinguished in the unforgiving vacuum of space. "Take THAT, motherfrakker," she smirks, then flips her bird back around, retargetting.

[Harrier-303: Solstice] She casts a look up towards Evan and adds, "No need for a heart attack, pilot this thing like butter." She says. Shakes gives a pass of her hand over the DRADIS screen. The relief of hearing the call from Cerberus is enough to release some of her own tension.

[BlackKnight-662: Wade] Wade waggles his wing when he reaches formation with Sunspot and then pushes the throttle, going to weapons free mode as he flies directly towards one of Classy's attackers. "Come here, let's play a little" mutters the man.

[BlackKnight-1117: Malone] Nodding when the Raider following him gets taken out, Malone frowns at the new arrivals, moving to try taking out the one at Psyche's tail now.

[BlackKnight-853: Khloe] Easily defeating her initial target with the assistance of her wingmate, Khloe flips nose-to-end in the hopes of catching the Raider following Devlin.

[TAC3] "Sunspot" Helia says, "Drips, Sunspot. Right with you. Let's get these frakkers."

[TAC3] "Splash" Malone says, "Bubbles, Splash. Good work there. Trying to take off the one on your tail now so we can clean up the others."

[BlackKnight-1118: Helia] Following Wade's lead, Helia pushes the throttle, staying in formation as she and Wade go after one of those Raiders on Classy's tail. "Let's have a little fun…"

[TAC3] (from "Drips" Wade) From Harrier 307, Classy makes a call to the rest of the group. "Flight, Classy. So! It looks like Pens and myself are the lucky winners of dinner for four, only that we got screwed and our dates are two ugly Raiders. A little help to ditch them?" Then it also can be heard that he speaks to Bran "At least they could have send us some pretty girls, but noooo."

[BlackKnight-662: Wade] The fact that two of those Raiders are attacking Classy and Pens pays off, because one of them does hit the Harrier-307, something happened there, something that at least, distracts these two Raiders enough to not be able to avoid, on one side Sunspot and Drips' attack. That Raider goes boom with the same mix of internal organs. The other one is hit by Devlin and call that Raider surprised, if there's anything like it because while it was a light wound to the left wing, all systems on that Raider shut down and the thing drifts into it's brother, crashing with all the debris and doing more damage. The result? 2 down, 2 more to go.

[TAC3] "Drips" Wade says, "Sunspot, Drips "That's what I'm talking about! Great shooting out there. Let's go with 4080-Lima, provide some cover for Bubbles. Bubbles, moving in to help you."

[TAC3] "Poppy" Khloe says, "Decoy, Poppy. Shake less, gods damn it. These things are slow and stupid and you're making it harder to hit it!" There's a hint of amusement in her voice. "I've almost got it. Keep evading, over."

[Harrier-303: Solstice] Raising up the ECO station again, the suites powering as she concentrates her jamming signals of the last two raiders, Solstice narrows her gaze on her glowing DRADIS screen. She tilts her head, gazing forward at her pilot. "Two more to go, no more signals on screen. We may be in the clear after these two." Knock on wood.

[TAC3] "Decoy" Devlin says, "Poppy, Decoy. Sorry about that. I was just surprised the one I nicked over Classy shut down like that. Glass jaw on that thing, I guess. I'll try to drive this one over to you now."

[TAC3] "Sunspot" Helia says, "Drips, Sunspot. Thanks! Let's get these last few frakkers out of the way."

[BlackKnight-312: Devlin] A glancing hit in exactly the right spot (who knew?) shuts down the raider Devlin is pursuing and sends it drifting into a chunk of debris from Raiders Past, blowing itself to bits helpfully. The Ensign switches directions rapidly, trying to chase the bandit that's after him back over towards the others for the kill.

[Harrier-307: Bran] "That ain't good. That ain't good." Bran mutters dryly that line while in the middle of looking at his consoles proverbially punching him in the crotch thanks to the raking strikes from one of the incoming Raiders. "Half of my systems are fried back here," with the ECO trying to recover them and reroute power in the middle of using what's still available to cycle through jamming frequencies and continue suppressing the remaining Raiders.

[TAC3] "Splash" Malone says, "Bubbles, Splash. Will do. Watching it, carefully. Trying to take out that Raider following you as well, in the process."

[BlackKnight-1117: Malone] Following after that Raider, Malone mutters a bit to himself, humming a bit to himself as he keeps on working. Frowning a bit to himself now.

[Harrier-303: Evandreus] "Good, good. Good," Evan's letting his backseater know he hears her, though he doesn't seem much engaged in the words, pulling up program after program on his consoles, sort in and shuffling trajectory to get them in range to reach measures sympathy with the other Raptor while keeping out of the way of people who are shooting weapons.

<COMBAT> Triggering new turn.
<COMBAT> Raider3 attacks Psyche with KEW - Serious wound to Cockpit.
<COMBAT> CREW HIT! Psyche - Light wound to Right Arm.
<COMBAT> CREW HIT! Psyche - Moderate wound to Right Arm.
<COMBAT> Devlin attacks Raider6 with KEW - Moderate wound to Right Wing.
<COMBAT> Raider6 attacks Devlin with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Malone attacks Raider3 with KEW but MISSES!
<COMBAT> Helia attacks Raider3 with KEW - Moderate wound to Cockpit.
<COMBAT> CREW HIT! Raider3 - Moderate wound to Right Arm.
<COMBAT> Khloe attacks Raider6 with KEW - Moderate wound to Body.
<COMBAT> Evandreus passes.
<COMBAT> Bran suppresses Raider3 with ECM. <successful>
<COMBAT> Bran suppresses Raider6 with ECM. <successful>
<COMBAT> Psyche attacks Raider6 with KEW and MISSES!
<COMBAT> Wade attacks Raider3 with KEW - Moderate wound to Right Wing.
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider3 with ECM. <successful>
<COMBAT> Solstice suppresses Raider6 with ECM. <successful>
<COMBAT> Classy passes.
<COMBAT> Wade has started a new turn. Pose and choose your action.
<COMBAT> Blackknight-311 has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Psyche has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Raider-5398d has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Raider6 has been KO'd!
<COMBAT> Raider7 has joined the combat as a Pilot in Raider-2823G on team 2. (Wade)
<COMBAT> Raider8 has joined the combat as a Pilot in Raider-1030N on team 2. (Wade)
<COMBAT> Raider9 has joined the combat as a Pilot in Raider-6139W on team 2. (Wade)
<COMBAT> Raider10 has joined the combat as a Pilot in Raider-2045C on team 2. (Wade)
<COMBAT> Raider11 has joined the combat as a Pilot in Raider-2351I on team 2. (Wade)
<COMBAT> Raider12 has joined the combat as a Pilot in Raider-5757O on team 2. (Wade)
<COMBAT> Raider13 has joined the combat as a Pilot in Raider-3463U on team 2. (Wade)
<COMBAT> Raider14 has joined the combat as a Pilot in Raider-4168 on team 2. (Wade)

[BlackKnight-311: Psyche] For Psyche, the world is suddenly deafening noise, blinding light, and searing agony. She screams and arches against the flight harness, vision finally clearing to the flash of emergency lights, the spider-webbing of her shattered cockpit casting crazy shadows. "Frak," she whispers, beading sweat, dizzy. She takes several quick breaths, biting off a whimper, and slams her left fight down on her thigh, kicking beneath the control panel in fury and pain. "Frak, frak, FRAK!" she screeches, then gets a hold of herself, and goes on com.

[TAC3] "Decoy" Devlin says, "Bubbles, Decoy. You okay in there?"

[BlackKnight-662: Wade] Out of those two lonely Raiders, one of them shows to be a tough mother frakker, because even if he gets hit multiple times, the damn thing just refuses to die. That one who refuses to die, seems to be a very skilled piece of work because he lands his attack on Bubbles Viper, potentially doing some damage to the pilot in the process. Or so the machine hopes. And look! Swarm at it's best, 8 new Raiders jump in to join the fight and they certainly don't look friendly. They really want to harm our people it seems.

[TAC3] "Drips" Wade says, "Sunspot, Drips. Nice shooting out there, as always. This frakker seems to be a little harder to bring down. Plus, you are getting company, take evasive actions and keep targetting the one after Classy. I'll try to clear up your tail."

[Harrier-303: Solstice] As her screen flares to life with numerous bogey's, Shakes says to Bunny, "We have eight now total. DRADIS is pinging off the wall." She breathes. As she watches several move to engage the gimped Raptor, she concentrates on them as well as the one Raider from earlier that seems to be still up and running despite everything. She slides her hands over, the suites firing to life as she spreads her feet, getting herself clamped into her seat to prepare for the flying that might need to come.

[TAC3] "Bubbles" Psyche's voice is tight and strained. "Flight, Bubbles. I've had fun… and that was not it." The quip is a weak one. "The bird would be flyable, if I had a right arm to fly her with. At present, though, I'm a little gimped in here. Venting atmo. At least there's no fire, this time."

[TAC3] (from "Drips" Wade) The sounds of people shouting in the background can be heard again, and Tillman finally speaks to the Flight. "Flight, Cerberus. We are ready to jump but Elpis is still spooling it's FTL, just hold on a little longer, we are almost there."

[BlackKnight-1117: Malone] Frowning first as he misses, then as his wingman's hit, Malone growls as he looks around for a few moments. Relaxing a bit as he hears Psyche's words, then looks for those nearby Raiders again…

[TAC3] "Decoy" Devlin says, "Poppy, Decoy. I've got a bead on your bandit, going to try to nail him while leading my pair to you. Over."

[BlackKnight-662: Wade] Wade keeps in formation with Helia and he opens fire against one of those Cylon Raiders. While he hits the target and it's a pretty good hit, that thing is still flying "Frakking piece of shit…" mutters the man.

[BlackKnight-311: Psyche] Dead in the proverbial water, but blissfully ignored by the enemy for the time being, Psyche tries a little left-handed target practice.

[TAC3] "Splash" Malone says, "Bubbles, Splash. Good to hear your voice there. Sorry I couldn't get that toaster off you… Quite popular, you seem to be… And so say we all, Sunspot…"

[Harrier-307: Bran] "Aw frak us all the way to Elysium," is Bran's reply to having spotted multiple bandits enter the range of his DRADIS.
[22:37:45] [TAC3] (from "Drips" Wade) Classy's voice can be heard now "Bunny, Classy. We can try but I'm shaking the bus a lot here. Keep them off me and I'll make sure to get Bubbles and hook up the Viper for RTB. Bubbles, coming to get you."

[BlackKnight-1118: Helia] Helia keeps in formation, still firing upon that tough Raider that is still going, despite her and Wade's hits on them. "Mother frak, that damn ship needs to hurry the frak up…"

[Harrier-303: Evandreus] "Shakes, we need to cover Classy on SAR-RTB for Bubbles. They're getting hit hard out there. I'm bringing us in close, focus the suites on short-range, see if we can get them out of here," Bunny tells his backseater, eyes not leaving the controls.

[TAC3] (from "Drips" Wade) This time is the good one, this time is the one everyone expects. Tillman's voice comes up again "Flight, Cerberus. We are ready to go, all Air-Wing personnel RTB, I repeat RTB."

[TAC3] "Poppy" Khloe says, "You heard the man. Break and RTB, flight. Shoot anything that gets in your way. Bubbles, Poppy. Can you navigate or are you stranded, over."

[TAC3] "Bubbles" Psyche says, "Poppy, Bubbles. My left hand isn't my first choice, or anything, but I can fly a straight line. Should be sufficient to get back to the barn. Classy, you just keep from getting shot. No tow required."

[BlackKnight-662: Wade] Vicious Raiders are Vicious, when they appear, they scramble, and when they do, a lot of KEW starts flying around, sometimes one would be able to think that it's not that they are targeting someone in particular, because with all that crap flying around, anyone is an open target. One thing is certain, they don't stop, they keep coming and coming, shooting at every possible Colonial bird they can find. This time in particular, they are hungry for Vipers and Raptors and they just don't stop attacking.

[BlackKnight-312: Devlin] "Shit! Shit! Frak," Devlin curses as his plane gets rocked with two major hits and spins out of his control, shot missing wildly. Systems spark and fizzle and he struggles to right the Viper, eventually doing so, but with effort. At least the comms are still working?

[BlackKnight-1117: Malone] Getting a rather spectacular shot hitting him, Malone loses control of his Viper, and it goes off spinning, around and around, and around and around and around… Thankfully, it's not away from the Battlestar, though. The shrapnel that was sent out into the cockpit seems to make its mark a few places around his body, in one shoulder and the opposite leg. Finally regaining control of the ship, he comes to a stop where he is, looking around for a few moments…

[TAC3] (from "Drips" Wade) There is the sound of an explosion mixed with static, and Wade's voice comes into play. All protocol is not used on this one "I'm hit! I'*bbzzzzzz* Suit*jjjjjjhhhhh* Brea*sssjjjjjj*ee!!*"

[BlackKnight-312: Devlin] Devlin does make it back to Poppy's six, though his course isn't exactly steady. Still, he seems to be taking aim at the raider chasing his wingman.

[TAC3] "Bunny" Evandreus says, "Drips, Bunny. If you need a hitch, flash one. If you're good to land, flash two."

[TAC3] (from "Drips" Wade) Classy speaks over the comms "Bubbles, Classy. Copy that gorgeous. See you all in the Deck"

[Harrier-307: Bran] Bran has to snap his hands back from his systems as another hit to the bus means sparks are flying and his electronic countermeasures are fizzling out. There's more cursing from the ECO. "I think I've seen worse though, Class. Just nab Psyche."

[BlackKnight-662: Wade] People would be able to see that Wade's Viper shakes in a very bad way, they will also see that the Canopy has been breached and also part of his helmet, which means he is loosing air pretty quickly. As much as he tries, the bird just moves from one side to the other, and he can no longer even think about aiming at something, it's just 'get the frak out of there' moment for him.

[TAC3] "Bubbles" Psyche says, "Classy, you charmer, you're making me lightheaded… Second thought, that could be blood loss. But I'll see you at the barn, all the same. Fly safe, Flight. Let's get the frak out."

[TAC3] "Poppy" Khloe says, "Raptor flight, this is Poppy. If you pass Lieutenant Duncan on the way by and your gut tells him he's not going to make it, grapple him. No one gets left behind."

[BlackKnight-1118: Helia] "Frak!" As the Raider dodges her attack, Helia stays on its tail, brow furrowed. The order to RTB doesn't go unheard, but her Section leader is hit. She promptly flips her nose over, turning herself backwards as she unleashes a volley of shots at one of the Raiders going after Wade's Viper. "Frak you!"

[TAC3] (from "Drips" Wade) From the big bird "Poppy, Cerberus. Emergency teams standing by on deck, see you guys in a moment"

[BlackKnight-662: Wade] The Air-Wing group is being followed by a large amount of Raiders, but they are getting closer and closer to Cerberus and eventually, everyone makes it back inside the Barn. The entire wing prepares to jump now and it only takes them a few seconds to do so. A few seconds of watching the incoming Raiders, a few seconds of watching the incoming Fire. They are just…too many of them. The fleet finally jumps away, and they are received by empty space, no DRADIS contacts, they area is clear. It is a moment to lick the wounds, fix the birds and just wait for the next attack…because they know, that those Raiders won't rest. They live to fight another day.